Antifraud tobacco-tin.



c. L. KRISTOPPBRSON.

ANTIFRAUD TOBACCO TIN.

APPLICATION FILED JANE 27. 1911.

Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

INE-m CHARLES L. KRISTOFFERSON, 0F SPEABFISH, SOUTH DAKOTA.

ANTIFBAUD TOBACCO-TIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 1912.

Application led January 27, 1911. Serial No. 605,038.

To all whom Lt may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. KRIS- rorrERsoN, citizen of the United States, residing at Spearfish, in the county of Lawrence and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antifraud Tobacco-Tins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to special packages, and refers particularly to a package for containing tobacco and the like.

rIhe invention has for an object to form a package for tobacco which can be sealed and in which the breakage of the seal can be readily detected should an attempt be made to defraud the purchaser of the package by the substitution of the material cont-ained therein.

The invention has for another object to provide a tin for the reception of a jacket within which is wrapped the tobacco wherein the jacket may be fed up through the tin by the insertion of the fingers so as toeX- pose the surface level of the contents of the jacket at the top of the tin.

A still further object of the invention is to form a receptacle of this nature which is of simple structure, and which does not require an additional amount of material in the formation of the same so as to produce a device which can be economically and readily manufactured.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete package. F ig. 2 is a longitudinal central section taken transversely through the package. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal central section taken endwise through the package, and, Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the wrapper having the seals aiiixed thereto.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 10 designates a jacket or paper wrapper in which the tobacco, or other substance, is wrapped. The wrapper or jacket 10 is of common form and is adapted to fit snugly into a tin 11. Ihe tin 11 is of the usual type adapted to lit into the pocket, but it is provided at its lower end with an inturned flange 12 in lieu of the bottom now commonly employed. The flange 12 extends inwardly from the sides of the tin 11 but a short distance so as to form a comparatively large opening in the bottom of the tin. As will be observed from Fig. 3, the jacket or wrapper 10v is provided with a seal 13 in the form of a strip of paper, bearing the required configurations thereon, which is wrapped longitudinally about the jacket midway of its edges in order to hold the,

folds at the end of the jacket closed. Vhen the jacket 1() is positioned within the tin 11 the lower end thereof may be observed through the bottom and the end of the seal 13 passes across the flanges 12.

For the Ipurpose of detecting the withdrawal of the jacket 10 from the tin 11 an outer seal 14 is employed which has its ends attached by an adhesive substance against the edges of the tin. The outer seal 14 passes longitudinally7 across the opening in the bottom of the tin and is inserted be-v neath the lower end of the jacket seal 13. In this manner the jacket or wrapper 10 cannot be removed from the tin without the breakage of the outer seal 14, and the jacket cannot be opened without rst breaking the wrapper or jacket seal 13. The tin 11 is provided in the usual manner with a cover 15.

After the tin and its contents have been purchased and it is desired to remove the contents from the tin, the cover 15 is opened and the jacket or wrapper seal 13 is broken so that the upper end of the jacket can be opened. After a quantity of the tobacco has been removed from the jacket 10 the user inserts several fingers through the elongated opening in the bottom of the tin and forces the jacket 10 up, breaking the outer seal 14 and raising the contents of the tin 11 toward the upper end thereof. In this manner access can'be readily had to the tobacco within the jacket 10` in order to break up the lumps or packed grains so that it will fall readily from the tin.

It will be noted from the construction disclosed, that in forming the tin 11 the flange 12 is turned in from the lower edge thereof and that it forms a reinforcement to offset the collapsing of the sides of the tin. The eXtra port-ion of metal which is employed usually to form the bottoms is saved in the construction of this tin.

What I claim is:

1. A package comprising a tin having an open bottom with an inturned flange, a

jacket fitted in the tin and resting upon the flange, a seal carried about the jacket to hold the same closed and engaging across the opening in the bottom, and an outer seal carried by the tin and being looped through the opening and through the jacket seal to hold the jacket against the flange.

2. In combination With a tin having an open bottom, a jacket fitted in the tin, and fastening means carried by the tin and engaging through the bottom for attachment to the jacket to hold the same in the tin.

3. In combination With a tin having a bottom, a jacket fitted in the tin, a jacket seal closing the jacket7 and an outer seal carried by the tin across its open bottom and extending up for interlocking engagement with the jacket seal to hold the jacket in the tin.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

CHARLES L. KRISTOFFERSON. [L. S.]

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

v Washington, ZD. C. 

